Apparatus for gathering and feeding in crops



y 19. 1932. H. s. TAYLOR 1 868, 31

APPARATUS FOR GATHERING AND FEEDING IN CROPS Original F iled Oct. 5.1928 Patented July 19, 1932 "UNITE D STATES; raisin T; osssrcs HEADLIESHIPARD TAYLOR, OF SUNSHINEIVICTORIA, AUSTRALIA,. ASSIGNOR TO-H. V.MCKAY PROPRIETARY LIMITED, F SUNSHIN-EIVICTORIA, AUSTRALIA APPARATUS FORGATHERING AND FEEDING IN CROPS Original application filed October 5,1928, Serial No. 31-D,603;-;and .in Australia December23,'1927..Divided. and this application filed January318,1939;= SerialNomQlgSYB.

This invention relates to improvements in and feeding in crop tostripper harvesting and reaper-thresher machines and refers es- :shaft.11. providedwitlrtwo or more cranks 33 to-whichare.connectedthe rearends of arms "l6.carryingabattenzfl. The cranks prefpecially toapparatus for gathering standing crop in advance of the comb and feeding1t.

*theshaftfrom any suitable ,part of the ma rearwardly thereover into thepath of movement of rotary heaters or a knife situated in advance of atransverse conveyor or con- 5 veyors.

This application is a division of applierably are arranged at, the endsof the shaft and gearing 15.33" (indicated in dotted lines) may beemployed.fortransmittmg motion to chine. p

The arms 16 at a olnt madvance of the transverse shaft are 'tted withlaterally procation Serial No. 310,603, filed October 5,-

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and durablyconstructed apparatus which will operate eficiently to gather the cropin advance of a comb without threshing the heads thereof, and direct itrearwardly thereover to a rotary beater or a reaping knife in such a wayas to prevent choking of the comb and loss of gram.

whichlare freeto move incurved slotted guides 36 supported above thecasing and in advance ofthe transverse shaft whereby when the .shaftis'.rotated the pins and slotted guides will cause the batten fitted to theforwardiends .of the arms 16 to move in a .path indicated bydottedlineB.

The'bearings for the crank shaft 11 and .theslottd lguideways 36 "forthe pins 3d on. the arms may be fitted rigidly to the I accomplish theabove mentioned object :of themachine or upon the casingsupportingJt-hereel ointransverse conveyor. and by ward movements to thearms and batten, and l constraining guides arranged between the cranksand the batten on the arms whereby the batten in its rearward movementwill feed the crop into and over the comb and whenadjacent to thestripper or reaping mecha-v nism at the base of the comb will moveupwardly at an angle and again enter the crop ment oftne said brackets.The supporting in advance thereof.

In order that the invention may be readily ing and conveying mechanismof a reaper improve.

thresher machine fitted with in which the figure.

ments constructed in accordance with the present invention.

In this drawing a practical embodiment of the invention is shown asadapted for use with a reaper thresher having a pair of helicaltransverse conveyors 6 at the base of a comb 7, a series of bracket-s37is fitted to the top of the casing 9 of the conveyor. The rear end ofeach bracket 37 supports a bearing 32.-

in which is rotatively supported a transverse brackets 37fmounted on theadjustable frame adjustingthe bracketthe operative parts may be. readilyadapted to different machines.

The'forward ends of the arms 16 are curved downwardly and are riveted orotherwise secured to the batten which. can'be'made of sheetin'ietal asshown.

The brackets 37; are secured by bolts 38 to a supporting member '39inxwhi'ch slots .40 are provided to permit .of'the vertical adjustmemberis bolted to the top of the casing 9 and slots 41 are provided wherebythe said members can be adju'stedforward or rearward as desired. I

The shaft ll is rotated by;approved gearingfrom anysuitable operativepart'of'the, machine whereby the cranks 33will traverse olution from theposition shown in the drawing the .battenwill be: located .near theinner end oflthe comhandthe rollers wilLbe approaching the rear end ofthe slotted guides 36. During the next h'alf revolution of the cranks 33the arms will be oscillated on the pins 3d and the rollers on the pinswill 'have traversed up the slots in the guides to cause the batten onthe arms to reach the highest point in its path of movement. During theremaining quarter of a revolution of the cranks 33 the arms will bethrust for-V wardly and at the same time rocked on the pins 34 to causethe batten to pass downwardly into the position shown in the draw- Thelength and disposition of the cranks 5 33 andcurvature of the guidemembers 36 will determine the movement of the batten and these elementsof the apparatus may be adjusted as above indicated and withrespect toeach other so as to'ensure the batten being 7 moved through'a desiredpath. Moreover of any material which may becomeammed the partscan be soarranged that the batten in moving over the comb will. bear'thereon withs'ufficient 'force'to ensure the removal between the fingers andinterfere with the gathering of the crop.

It will be obviousthat the transverse shaft 11 can be madein two or moreindependent sections and that the arms on each section I can be providedwith a batten.

When the transverse shaft and batten are formed of two or moreindependent sections, the different sections of the batten can bearranged to move one in'advance of the other so. that the whole lengthof the comb is not being operated on at the one time.

The adjustment provided by the different parts of the invention areessential in view of the fact that harvesting machines are notlnade'vs'rith a great degree of accuracy and. provision must thereforebe made for"ad-' justing the parts of the invention to ensure the bestresults being obtained from eachmachine.

I claim 2- 1. In apparatus for gathering and feed ing in crop to andover the combs of stripper harvesting and reaper thresher machines, a'

rear ends pivotally mounted 1 ends of the arms, rearwardly and downshaftrotatively mounted above and at the rear of the comb, cranks on thesaidshaft,"

' gearing for imparting rotation to the shaft,

batten and the shaft, and pins on the arms engaged by'the said guides 2.In apparatus for gatheringand feeding in crop to and over the combs ofstripper harvestlng and reaper thresher machines, a

arms having their rear ends pivotally mounted on the cranks, a battenfitted to the downwardly curved front ends of the arms, pins pro ectinglaterally from the arms and shaft rotatively mounted above and at the'rear of a comb, cranks on the said shaft, arms i having their on thecranks, a batten fitted to the forward f .wardly curved guides locatedbetween the supporting anti-frictional rollers, curved

